Active Labor Market Programs for Youth : A Framework to Guide Youth Employment Interventions

Youth are three times more likely to be unemployed than adults, even in economies with strong economic growth. This note is a tool to provide policymakers and youth-serving organizations with a framework to better diagnose short- to medium-run cons...

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Main Authors:	Cunningham, Wendy, Sanchez-Puerta, Maria Laura, Wuermli, Alice
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ACTIVE LABOR ACTIVE LABOR MARKET ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS ADOLESCENT GIRLS ADULT LITERACY ADULT LITERACY PROGRAMS ADULTS APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING BASIC EDUCATION BASIC SKILLS BENEFITS OF EDUCATION CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CAREER COUNSELING CHILD CARE CHILDCARE CLASSROOM CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT COMPUTER LITERACY COUNTRY-SPECIFIC FACTORS DEADWEIGHT DEADWEIGHT LOSS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DISADVANTAGED WORKERS DISPLACEMENT DROPOUT RATES EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT EARNING ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS EMPLOYABILITY EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT IMPACT EMPLOYMENT OFFICES EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT POLICY EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS EMPLOYMENT SERVICES EMPLOYMENT TRAINING EMPLOYMENT TRENDS ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS ETHNIC MINORITIES FAMILY LIFE FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION FINDING EMPLOYMENT FINDING JOBS FIRING COSTS FUNCTIONAL LITERACY GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DISCRIMINATION GENDER DISPARITIES GENDER DISPARITY GENDER PARITY GENERAL EDUCATION GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INCOME EARNING INFORMAL SECTOR INNOVATION INTERNATIONAL LITERACY INTERNSHIPS INTERVENTIONS INVENTORY JOB CREATION JOB SEARCH JOB SEARCH ASSISTANCE JOB SEARCH TRAINING LABOR DEMAND LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS LABOR MARKET SUCCESS LABOR MARKETS LABOR RELATIONS LABOR SUPPLY LABOUR LABOUR OFFICE LEADERSHIP LEARNING LEARNING OBJECTIVES LIFE SKILLS LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION LITERACY LITERACY PROGRAMS LITERACY RATES LITERACY STATISTICS MALE PARTICIPANTS MANPOWER MARKET WAGES MASTERCRAFTSMEN MOTIVATION NON-FORMAL EDUCATION NUMERACY OCCUPATIONS ON-THE-JOB TRAINING OPPORTUNITY COSTS PERSONALITY PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PHYSICS POLITICAL ECONOMY POST-PROGRAM EMPLOYMENT PRELIMINARY RESULTS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE TRAINING PRIVATE TRAINING PROVIDERS PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS PRODUCTIVE WORK PRODUCTIVITY PROGRAM CONTENT PROGRAM COST PROGRAM DESIGN PROGRAM DESIGNS PROGRAM DURATION PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT PUBLIC-WORKS EMPLOYMENT RADIO RELIGIOUS BELIEFS RETURNS TO EDUCATION RISING UNEMPLOYMENT RISING UNEMPLOYMENT RATES SAFETY SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL DROPOUT SCHOOL SYSTEMS SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SCIENCE EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SKILLS ACQUISITION SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SKILLS TRAINING SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL NORMS SUBSIDIZED JOBS SUBSIDIZED TRAINING TRADITIONAL SKILLS TRAINING ACTIVITIES TRAINING CENTER TRAINING CENTERS TRAINING COURSES TRAINING INSTITUTION TRAINING PERIOD TRAINING PROGRAM TRAINING PROGRAMS TRAINING SYSTEM UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES VOCATIONAL TRAINING WAGE SUBSIDIES WORK EXPERIENCE WORKER WORKERS YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WORKERS YOUTH EMPLOYMENT YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/11/13264729/active-labor-market-programs-youth-framework-guide-youth-employment-interventions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11690